Flowserve (FLS) Competitors $53.66 -0.48 (-0.88%) Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$53.63 -0.03 (-0.06%) As of 07/11/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock FLS vs. AIT, CR, DOV, EMR, GGG, GHM, IR, ITT, PH, and PNRShould you be buying Flowserve stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowserve include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Crane (CR), Dover (DOV), Emerson Electric (EMR), Graco (GGG), Graham (GHM), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Pentair (PNR). Flowserve vs. Its Competitors Applied Industrial Technologies Crane Dover Emerson Electric Graco Graham Ingersoll Rand ITT Parker-Hannifin Pentair Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AIT or FLS? Applied Industrial Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Flowserve. Flowserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioApplied Industrial Technologies$4.48B2.16$385.76M$9.9625.49Flowserve$4.56B1.54$282.76M$2.1425.08 Is AIT or FLS more profitable? Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.64% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.12%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 22.01% beat Flowserve's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Applied Industrial Technologies8.64% 22.01% 12.83% Flowserve 6.12%17.68%6.85% Which has more volatility & risk, AIT or FLS? Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowserve has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AIT or FLS? 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Flowserve shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is AIT or FLS a better dividend stock? Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowserve pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Flowserve has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Do analysts prefer AIT or FLS? Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $285.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.24%. Flowserve has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.54%. Given Flowserve's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Applied Industrial Technologies 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Flowserve 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media prefer AIT or FLS? In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Flowserve. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 14 mentions for Flowserve. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Flowserve's score of 1.02 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Applied Industrial Technologies 13 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Flowserve 8 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 5 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryApplied Industrial Technologies beats Flowserve on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Flowserve News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FLS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FLS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FLS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFlowserveMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$7.08B$12.99B$7.57B$20.74BDividend Yield1.55%23.73%4.52%3.71%P/E Ratio25.0830.1725.1227.84Price / Sales1.545.00117.6342.35Price / Cash16.3816.4627.4522.63Price / Book3.443.844.404.57Net Income$282.76M$521.16M$791.63M$989.30M7 Day Performance-2.94%-0.87%0.74%0.20%1 Month Performance12.45%7.57%4.85%3.95%1 Year Performance10.94%27.03%28.11%10.27% Flowserve Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FLSFlowserve4.5251 of 5 stars$53.66-0.9%$62.00+15.5%+11.4%$7.08B$4.56B25.0816,000Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastAITApplied Industrial Technologies4.7164 of 5 stars$244.11-0.7%$285.00+16.8%+32.8%$9.30B$4.48B24.516,500News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst RevisionCRCrane3.9639 of 5 stars$191.06-1.1%$197.75+3.5%+26.6%$10.99B$2.18B25.3111,000Trending NewsDOVDover4.4621 of 5 stars$187.30-0.7%$206.50+10.3%+3.8%$25.68B$7.75B11.2824,000Trending NewsEMREmerson Electric4.7216 of 5 stars$138.40-1.0%$139.21+0.6%+22.7%$77.85B$17.49B33.1173,000Trending NewsAnalyst UpgradeAnalyst RevisionGGGGraco4.0889 of 5 stars$87.58-1.4%$93.00+6.2%+9.1%$14.64B$2.11B30.954,300Positive NewsGHMGraham4.2452 of 5 stars$52.60-0.3%$60.00+14.1%+79.9%$575.97M$209.90M47.39490IRIngersoll Rand3.8259 of 5 stars$86.68-0.3%$98.70+13.9%-6.8%$34.97B$7.24B42.9121,000News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastITTITT4.433 of 5 stars$158.84-1.4%$165.50+4.2%+19.5%$12.50B$3.63B25.2511,700News CoveragePHParker-Hannifin4.3422 of 5 stars$706.20-1.8%$719.41+1.9%+35.4%$90.24B$19.93B27.1961,120Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastPNRPentair4.6028 of 5 stars$105.05-1.7%$107.14+2.0%+36.5%$17.28B$4.08B27.149,750Positive NewsAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Applied Industrial Technologies Competitors Crane Competitors Dover Competitors Emerson Electric Competitors Graco Competitors Graham Competitors Ingersoll Rand Competitors ITT Competitors Parker-Hannifin Competitors Pentair Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:FLS) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredI was wrong about TrumpI made a mistake. 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